Exemptive relief granted to a CPO of pools that began operations during the fourth quarter of 2015 from providing annual reports for fiscal year 2015; provided, that the CPO provide an annual report that covers the period from the beginning of operations to the end of fiscal year 2016 after the end of fiscal year 2016. The CPO has provided waivers from all participants of the pools.
The CPO of a commodity pool requested, and DSIO granted pursuant to Regulations 4.12(a) and 140.93, relief from Regulations 4.7(b)(3) and 4.22(d), which require the filing and distribution of audited financial statements, for fiscal year 2015 and requested to be permitted to file with NFA and distribute to participants audited financial statements for the pool covering the period from July 21, 2015 to December 31, 2016.
A CPO requested exemptive relief from the annual report requirement in Regulation 4.7(b)(3), to allow it to file an annual report for its exempt pool for the period from December 1, 2015, the date it began operations, to December 31, 2016. DSIO granted relief conditioned upon the future filing and distribution of a certified Annual Report for the period from December 1, 2015 to December 31, 2016.
A CPO requested exemptive relief from the annual report requirement in Regulation 4.7(b)(3), to allow it to file an annual report for its exempt pool for the period from August 3, 2015, the date the pool began trading, to December 31, 2016. DSIO granted relief conditioned upon the future filing and distribution of a certified Annual Report for the period from August 3, 2015 to December 31, 2016.
A CPO requested exemptive relief from the annual report requirement in Regulation 4.7(b)(3), to allow it to file an annual report for its exempt pool for the period from August 1, 2015, the date the pool began trading, to December 31, 2016. DSIO granted relief conditioned upon the future filing and distribution of a certified Annual Report for the period from August 1, 2015 to December 31, 2016.
The Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight provided no-action relief from CPO and CTA registration to the Board of Trustees of a pension plan group trust comprised of two plans: one that is a “qualifying entity” under Regulation 4.5, and another that is “not construed to be a pool” under that same rule.
Request on behalf of A, that A receive the relief provided in CFTC Staff Letter No. 15-44 with respect to the additional pools listed in Appendix A (the Additional Pools) for which A serves as their registered commodity pool operator. Specifically, with respect to the Additional Pools, you request relief from the requirement in Commission regulation 4.7(b)(2) for a CPO to distribute to pool participants quarterly account statements within 30 days of the end of the quarter.
Request for Relief from Presenting Annual Reports in Accordance with A. May 19, 2015 letter to the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight, and amended by subsequent correspondence on September 11, 2015, requesting on behalf of B, the commodity pool operator of C (the Pool), requesting that the CPO be granted relief to use D in lieu of A in the preparation of the financial reports for the Pool.
No-Action letter permitting, subject to certain conditions, the CPO of a pool organized as a UCITS that holds funds contributed by employees of its U.S. management company to operate said pool and its subfunds without registering as a CPO.
The CPO of two commodity pools, both exempt under Regulation 4.7, requested exemptive relief from the annual report requirement in Regulation 4.7(b)(3), to allow the filing of an annual report for the pools for the period from October 2, 2014, the date the pools began trading, to December 31, 2015; DSIO granted relief pursuant to Regulations 4.12(a) and 140.93 conditioned upon the future filing and distribution of a certified Annual Report for that time period.
